Patrick Kelly jailed for rape and sexual offences against a girl

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Patrick Kelly was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to four years in prison for offences against a girl. The sentence was imposed in June 2020 and was consecutive to a nine-year sentence he was already serving.

Kelly pleaded guilty to one count of rape, 12 counts of defilement and 13 counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The offences took place between February 2014 and December 2015. The proceedings were reported on 29 July 2020.

The nine-year sentence had been imposed in December 2017 for sexual assault and exploitation of two children. A five-year post-release supervision order was also imposed during the Central Criminal Court sentencing.